Of course this has never happened before in the annals of opera? Well, not when it can be tied somewhat tenuously to an ongoing campaign associated with a certain functionary of an Opera House seemingly on its last legs.

This is standard in opera. If one is fired by a company, they must pay the contract unless the artist has somehow breached it. Volume, which should be considered when casting, is not a reasonable reason to dismiss someone. No surprise they had to pay.

There is much elegance, vocal and instrumental, in the first section of that Exsultate. Actually this artist has made a number of good recordings over the years and should certainly be up to the challenges of Donna Elvira in Bilbao.

I just wonder … Sir Andrew Davis is married to Soprano Gianna Rolandi. Sir Simon Rattle is married to Magdalena Kožená. However, no one ever calls them “Mr Rolandi” or “Mr Kožená”. Perhaps you should grant Ms Wilson the same courtesy of naming her as she wishes too without a reference to her husband? You know the times when a woman was defined by a husband are long gone.

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